000 WHUS44 KBRO 041637 CFWBRO BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1130 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 TXZ251-256-257-042100- COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-KENEDY- 1130 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE BEACHES OF THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HURRICANE STAN NOW MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN MEXICO AND A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AREA LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LARGE SWELLS AROUND 8 FEET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS. THESE LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ARRIVING ALONG THE COASTLINES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THESE LARGE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MINOR BEACH EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO THE DUNES LATER THIS EVENING...AND FLOODING OF SOME BEACH ACCESS ROADS IS POSSIBLE. DRIVING ALONG AREA BEACHES IS NOT ADVISED DUE TO HIGH WATERLINES. IF YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED ON THE BEACH...ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND SEEK SAFETY ON HIGHER GROUND. ALSO...REMOVE ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY...SUCH AS TENTS...BEACH UMBRELLAS AND CHAIRS...WHICH CAN EASILY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED AWAY BY THE HIGH SURF. SWIMMING AND OTHER MARINE RELATED ACTIVITIES ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE THREAT FROM HEAVY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. HEAVY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE WATER. A LOW OCCRRED AT SOUTH PADRE AT 942 AM THIS MORNING. A HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED AT 530 PM THIS EVENING. ANOTHER LOW TIDE IS EXPECTED AT 1155 PM TONIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE BROWNSVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. $$ SPEECE